Giantitis1

My Dad was a Massachusetts-based Giants fan since the 30's when the Giants were the "home" team and before the Pats came around in 1960. He and my brothers would yell at me as a kid when I obstructed the TV during a game-now I know why. Then, in the 70's, around when Joe Pisarcik was fumbling to Herm Edwards and the G-men were a punchline, I somehow joined the bandwagon, never looking back. No regrets, though many highs and lows in between. Only bummer is being surrounded by Pats fans who now think of the G-men like the Sox-Yankees because of '08. Oh well, it's a good problem to have and hopefully will be a week from Sunday.

Agree w/ Mickster. Plax single-handedly ruined a likely SB run in 08. Remember how opposing D's stacked the box on us the rest of the season? For THIS organization to eat crow and even consider taking him back after all that is mind boggling. Might as well bring back Tiki and Shock, too.

1. Resign Osi if possible. Some thought the Giants were crazy to stack the D line before the SB year. We've already lost Kiwi since, and the rest have been pretty beat up before season's end every year. Also, the more continuity the better this year, especially 1st Q of the season. Not sure if there's already too much bad blood between Osi & Reese.

I respectfully agree that Eli is a franchise QB, but can't classify him as elite. I hope someday that we can. This was actually my first negative Eli post after years on the forum. Just watching how it should be done yesterday was very frustrating after this season. At least he doesn't have Cutler's attitude.

Eli - watch Ben and Aaron. Now THOSE are QB's who can carry a team on their backs. Watch how they improvise (rather than throwing a left handed interception) and run for first downs (rather than sliding head first into a fumble). THEY are worth a first, a third and Philip Rivers.

Eli is a franchise QB, not an elite QB as was expected by Accorsi and company. He has been privileged with an elite OL, above-average-to-great running game, the most athletic (if not smartest) receivers in Giants history, and usually a stout D, which is now coming off the tracks again.

Upside: this is the only Giants team at least since the 70's (including the Parcells years) that has comeback potential every week. He has no memory after his mistakes and can bounce back with 2 TD's as if nothing happened. He is capable.

Downside: Weekly Pop Warner decision making is mind boggling. Peter King made the interesting point that maybe he's just too comfortable and confident, hence the stupidity in real time. And his leadership is shaky when his first-ever team only meeting speech renders what we watched on Sunday.

My concern is that some of Eli's decisions this year - the left handed shuffle pass interception, the game-losing forward slide fumble, the picks in the red zone - were not just inaccurate, but sub-Pop Warner material. It's hard to imagine what planet he's on sometimes.

Perhaps his greatest asset is his ability to casually light it up after an interception and rally late in the game - that's something we like to take into the playoff stretch. I can't remember a "comeback" Giants team at all before his arrival. When we used to get behind, that was normally it. Now we're still in the game even if 2 scores down in the 4th.